FutureStructure Infrastructure
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Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
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Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
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The Boring Company will construct a four-mile tunnel to connect a rail station with Ontario International Airport in the Los Angeles region. The tunnel will accommodate zero-emission and possibly autonomous vehicles.
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After the state pledged to power itself through 100 percent renewable energy, many energy utilities are viewing this as an opportunity to meet the demand via energy storage devices.
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Three winners that used sensors and GPS trackers to gather various types of data were named following the 48-hour hackathon.
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Connected vehicles and the prevalence of technology in modern cars prompted a joint congressional subcommittee hearing about the so-called “Internet of Cars,” and what private industry is doing to manage consumer safety and privacy concerns.
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Using data from sensors placed throughout Los Angeles, a team of researchers at the University of Southern California have completed an impact study they say breaks new ground in traffic analytics.
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Expensive, inaccessible and bad for competition make California's high-speed rail plan a dud, according to a U.C. Santa Barbara economics professor.
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As the sharing economy expands, phone apps are enabling regular citizens to hire themselves and their cars out — as delivery people.
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In an effort to reduce rear-end accidents, road safety advocates are again pushing the federal government to make the technology mandatory on all heavy commercial trucks.
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Fred Costello is creating an open market for solar providers, in a move he describes as encouraging innovation and a competitive marketplace.
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MIT's Media Lab is working with Dubai's Smart Government group, gathering and analyzing data to run a smarter city.
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The technological capability exists for the entire world to be powered with renewable energy, researchers have found. It's the political willpower that's in question.
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Indianapolis has transformed itself into a walkable bicycling metropolis — and if you still need a car, there’s an electric option.
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As a new report makes clear, few of our urban areas are adapting to the changes that are revolutionizing the way we get around.
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Hoboken, N.J., is planning a microgrid, powered by natural gas and renewable energy, to help keep the power on for emergency responders and some citizens.
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Predictions from research firm IDC revealed three particularly interesting trends emerging around the smart cities movement.
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Dealing with climate change will require countries to "decarbonize" their energy infrastructure. The history of infrastructure suggests this could happen quickly once the transition starts.
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The batteries will connect to their wind, solar and bio-fuel energy generating systems, which have been installed to help cut costs in recent years.
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Representative Pat Garofolo wants Minnesota to be first in line to embrace self-driving vehicles and has plans to offer a bill regulating the state's automotive laws.
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Silicon Valley in many ways is pushing the automotive industry forward with tech giants such as Google and Apple pioneering the way for autonomous vehicles.
